Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stiria

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stiria
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Styria.

Dated

noun

An icicle-shaped concretion.

Example Sentences

"Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons..."
"the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Stiria. See Styria.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

stiriae (plural)

Derived Forms

Stirian

Questions

What does stiria mean?: Alternative form of Styria.
Where does stiria come from?: From Medieval Latin Stiria. See Styria.

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